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Melanie Jackson

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Melanie, an award-winning author of more than fifty novels, stories and poems lives with her writer husband in the California Gold Country with their cat (also a writer who has a page on myspace) and their dog (who is hoping to get a page on facebook as soon as she masters typing). Melanie likes gardening but hates the deer who also like her garden, and she volunteers at a local animal shelter.

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The Delicate Art of The Review

Gentle reader, let us take a moment and talk about reviews. Reviews can be a wonderful help to books that might otherwise be overlooked because they aren't on the best-sellers list, and speaking as both a writer and a reader, I am grateful when someone takes the time to share their thoughts about a book. And if it is my book you are enthused about, I throw roses at your feet for the kindness. I kn Read more of this blog post »

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	Moving Violation (A Chloe Boston Mystery, #1) 3.47 avg rating — 468 ratings — published 2010 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Due North (Butterscotch Jones Mystery #1) 3.87 avg rating — 357 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pumpkin Thief (A Chloe Boston Mystery, #2) 3.68 avg rating — 297 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Selkie (Sea Fey, #2) 3.42 avg rating — 277 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death in a Turkey Town (Chloe Boston Mystery #3) 3.80 avg rating — 240 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder on Parade (A Chloe Boston Mystery #4) 3.77 avg rating — 206 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Staircase 3.79 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Portrait of a Gossip (A Miss Henry Mystery #1) 4.03 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Selkie Bride (Sea Fey, #1) 3.56 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death of a Dumb Bunny (Chloe Boston Mystery #7) 3.82 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Chloe Boston Mysteries (23 books)
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Miss Henry Mystery (13 books)
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Wildside (6 books)
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Wendover House Mystery (6 books)
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In Charm's Way: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Cozy Mystery (Season of the Witch Book 2)

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Turkey Trots and Target Shots (Pain in the Assassin Cozy Mysteries Book 3)

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Six Stunning Sirens (Kitchen Witch Mysteries Book 6)

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“Everyone should have at least one magnificent obsession. It's a life jacket when the ship goes down”
― Melanie Jackson, Divine Fire

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“Good God, is the man a heathen?’

‘Worse, a capitalist with pretensions of culture.”
― Melanie Jackson, Impression of Bones

tags: bad-taste, capitalist, culture, heathen, parvenu, robber-barons

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“but she seemed to be made more of nerves than muscle and was always clutching at herself mentally, starting at shadows of thoughts that crept up on her.”
― Melanie Jackson, Portrait of a Gossip

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“In every author, let us distinguish the man from his work.”
― Voltaire

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“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

tags: humor, life

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“She turned to the sunlight
And shook her yellow head,
And whispered to her neighbor:
"Winter is dead.”
― A.A. Milne, When We Were Very Young

tags: daffodils, spring, sunlight, winter

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“They also held that the way to salvation was to give way to lust and temptation in all things. And no greater percentage of them turned up here than of any other religion. Amusing, isn't it?”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists

tags: hell, lucifer

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“They used to call the devil the father of lies. But for someone whose sin is meant to be pride, you'd think that lying would leave something of a sour taste. So my theory is that when the devil wants to get something out of you, he doesn't lie at all. He tells you the exact, literal truth. And he lets you find your own way to hell.”
― Mike Carey

tags: book-02-children-and-monsters, lucifer

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